What This Book Is About:
The Basics of Deep Prayer is a
book that outlines meditation
fundamentals that are rooted in
Catholic mysticism. This "how to
pray" book will take the shortest
path to contemplation. In many
cases, your current practices can
be modified to meet the meditation
basics that leads to
contemplation.
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How to Read This Book:
This book can be read in either
the abridged or unabridged
methods. The abridged way bypasses
all of the explanations of why we
need to do certain things and cuts
the book down to two short
sections. The
first section lists
the basics we will need for deep
prayer, and the
second section is
a step by step procedure for
reaching an unimaginable mystical
reality.
If there are questions about
following the procedure, they will
be answered on the
forum.
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Why You Should Read This Book:
This book can be challenging.
Why read it? We can not find
hapiness by always taking the easy
way. This book shows you how to
find what you have always been
looking for.
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You have been chosen. God has a
specific plan for your life that
will make you very happy now and
forever. If you are trying to hear
God's call, this book was written
for you.
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God does not hide the plan, but
after we sin, we follow Adam's
example of hiding from God. Hiding
might seem safe, but safety is an
illusion. We are all going to die;
how safe is that? Death is not a
punishment from God. Death is part
of God's plan to overcome sin
without violating the integrity of
our identity. From our
perspective, it might seem that
God punishes us, but God is always
trying to help us. God always has
a plan for a brighter future. We
need to believe that God is on our
side, and we need to have hope
because everything is in God's
hands.
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The intent of this book is to
state what is needed to find God
and His Plan for your life. There
are certain things, such as
oxygen, we all need in our
biological life, and our prayer
life requires a few basics as
well. The intent of this book is
to list these basics and to write
why each is needed.
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There are many ways to meet
these basics, and there are a
number of books with fabulous
spiritual recipes that were
written by holy people. As people
practice these spiritual diets,
however, some of the basics are
almost always missing. When the
basics are not met, the prayer
life is much less than it should
be.
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You don't have to read this
book to find your calling.
Thousands of people across many
centuries have found their
vocation, and this book wasn't
written. On the other hand, most
people who want to find their
calling fail to find it because
they don't explicitly understand
what they need to do.
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It will probably take you quite
some time (usually 5 to 15 years)
to implement the book's message
into your life, but after the
basics are met, you will be on
your way to a very rewarding life
and afterlife.
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